Blueberries are my favorite berries and luckily they are everywhere. As a kid I picked them off a bush at my grandmother’s lake house. For years my breakfast consisted of Dannon blueberry yogurt. As my taste buds matured, I moved onto Greek yogurt with homemade blueberry compote.
Blueberries are my go to berry. I use a blueberry drizzle on my lemon ricotta tart.
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When five food fanatics get together to cook and eat there's a lot of fun and food to be had. We joined forces to create a Summertime Garden Party Menu. Last week I posted the links to the dishes that these fab food fanatics created.
This week I'd like to share videos that capture the fun we had cooking, talking and tasting the dishes we created. By the time we finished … [Read more...]

My personal recipe for a wonderful life: Family + Friends + Food = Happiness. Thus far this summer has been a whirlwind of activity filled with the first two components of my equation: visiting family in New Jersey, friends from Copenhagen visiting me and, playing one of my favorite roles 'fun aunt' with various kids, related or not. Missing from my personal recipe for a … [Read more...]

If you are looking for a show stopping, lip smacking dessert your search has ended. This coconut cream pie is to die for. Coconut milk adds to the rich taste of the cream filling while Trader Joe's Triple Ginger Snaps amps up the flavor of the crust. It's perfect for summer because the oven is only on for 10 minutes and the favor is to die for. In fact I brought this pie to a … [Read more...]

Here is a great idea for a summer barbeque—Watermelon feta popsicles. Buoyed by the success of my melon chevre popsicles I began to think of what other flavor combos that I simply adore?
A crowd-pleasing appetizer is my cubed watermelon with feta and reduced balsamic.
Why not try it in a popsicle? I did. Watermelon, feta and reduced balsamic are fantastic frozen…or … [Read more...]